Buried Alive (2007)

What a waste of my time!!!

A Brilliant Conflict

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Like a lot of other people, I was sold this film on the fact that it starred Tobin Bell. Well, he was great in it. The story line is pretty bland ... I didn't get it until half way through the film. Though, half way through the film, things do get a little more interesting. Killing takes a while to set in, in fact any action takes a while to set in. I did enjoy the film after an hour or so.It's not scary, creepy or anything; I did find a couple of the killings (the ones outside) were pretty good and original, but other than that, I wouldn't really say that this was a horror. There were only a handful of killings, definitely not enough to consider this a slasher film. Other than Tobin Bell I thought I'd enjoy this film because it was described as a 'haunted house' film. I guess it is; but it's not a very good one. There's a ghost type thing, but it's pretty rubbish. The film isn't that bad if you're not expecting too much. Maybe I was when I read that Tobin Bell was in the film. Don't expect anything like Saw. There isn't anywhere near enough gore, killing, scares, anything. I wouldn't say avoid this film; but don't watch it if you want a horror.

Zane, with help from the campus dork, goes to his childhood home, with his friends, as well as two sorority pledges, in tow. The caretaker of the place, the gold hunting, Lester (Saw's Tobin Bell) warns the gang not to go certain places but of course they don't listen. Not to soon afterwards they must contend with a violent ghost.The plot was cliché, the characters cardboard cutouts, not to mention a hint of incest that didn't add anything to the proceedings. I believed that if nothing else positive could be gleamed from this rather pedestrian slasher that special effects guru Robert Kurtzman as director would at least be adept enough to serve up some heaping helpings of spectacular kills, sadly this isn't the case as it seems strangely subdued in that aspect. On a side note, writer Art Monterastelli would totally and completely redeem himself with 2008's Rambo (a film that was simply spectacular)Eye Candy: Erin Lokitz shows T&A, and Lindsey Scott gets toplessMy Grade: D+Where I saw it: Sho Beyond

Again and again I'm warning people not to fall for words on DVD covers like "starring Tobin Bell from Saw" or "it's gory". Even made by the director of Wishmaster, the ghost looks like the Wishmaster 20 years older, this is total crap. It's never frightening or scary. And nothing happens until the last 15 minutes. Tobin is in it, alright, but performs maybe 15 minutes in the movie, and is just a guy. The movie never really starts, it's more about belonging in the group and doing things to belong to the group. So here we go, of course it's the girls who have to do things like, dress yourself with one piece of clothing. Do I have to say more, one chooses only to wear her jeans the other to wear her boots. So naked they go, you think, even there it goes terrible wrong. The black haired one, Erin Lokitz, is running around naked but always covering her boobs. Men, if you know you have to do this and you don't want to do it don't take the role, you know what I mean. And look, I'm talking more about those part of the movie then the blood part. it's easy, it's all done in CGI, and CGI never is and never will be scary or gory. It could have done so beautifully, the storyline is there but next time, Kurtzman, do it in the old fashion way without CGI and if you are teasing with nudity do it full frontal as in MBV remake and Friday the 13th remake. Bury this movie, alive

Im so glad that Dimension Films, one of my favorite companies, released this kick ass slasher flick. Im came across this flick last October and i read about it and the DVD artwork is sweet!! This flick featured some gruesome and inventive death scenes and a very creepy ghost killer. This movie did have the typical horror movie storyline, a group of college kids terrorized by a killer at a remote location, but this flick, the killer is a angry spirit. It is centered on a group of college friends Erin Lokitz, Leah Rachel, Terence Jay, Steve Sandvoss, Lindsey Scott, Germaine De Leon and it featured Tobin Bell as the creepy caretaker of the home that the friends plan to party in for the weekend deep in the desert. Its not too long fro the slicing and dicing to happen, as a family curse takes it's toll on the group. This movie really freaked me out, so definitely check it out!!